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  1. Gears have shifted towards the tasks weighing us down. Luckily, we've made great headway and both the story and the tools to make it are really coming together!💡 Come read the July 2023 Progress Report (The Makings of a Story 📖), now Live on Patreon!🗞️ https://patreon.com/YotesMark
  2. Gears have shifted towards the tasks weighing us down. Luckily, we've made great headway and both the story and the tools to make it are really coming together!💡 Come read the July 2023 Progress Report (The Makings of a Story 📖), now Live on Patreon!🗞️ https://patreon.com/YotesMark
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    Our biggest accomplishments this past month have been an improved animation pipeline and a functioning cutscene system.

    2 ENORMOUS steps forward (despite the Great Zelda Distraction 😅 )

    The June BGP Progress Report has just landed!  (So you can read all about it) 
    Get ready for "Sprites, Camera... ACTION!  📽️🦄"

    https://www.patreon.com/YotesMark

  4. Our biggest accomplishments this past month have been an improved animation pipeline and a functioning cutscene system. 2 ENORMOUS steps forward (despite the Great Zelda Distraction 😅 ) The June BGP Progress Report has just landed! (So you can read all about it) Get ready for "Sprites, Camera... ACTION! 📽️🦄" https://www.patreon.com/YotesMark
  5. Our biggest accomplishments this past month have been an improved animation pipeline and a functioning cutscene system. 2 ENORMOUS steps forward (despite the Great Zelda Distraction 😅 ) The June BGP Progress Report has just landed! (So you can read all about it) Get ready for "Sprites, Camera... ACTION! 📽️🦄" https://www.patreon.com/YotesMark
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    New MEGAPOST about each of the pony sprites is up on our Kickstarter & Patreon pages! 🌟
    https://www.patreon.com/YotesMark

  7. It took about a month and a half, but ALL the pony sprite pieces have finally been drawn and as of right now I can begin the frame-by-frame animation process! Should be done and in-game by April's end (we'll see how that goes 👀)
  8. It took about a month and a half, but ALL the pony sprite pieces have finally been drawn and as of right now I can begin the frame-by-frame animation process! Should be done and in-game by April's end (we'll see how that goes 👀)
  9. It took about a month and a half, but ALL the pony sprite pieces have finally been drawn and as of right now I can begin the frame-by-frame animation process!

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    Should be done and in-game by April's end (we'll see how that goes 👀)

    1. Rikifive

      Rikifive

      That surely is a lot of sprites. 👀

    2. Astralshy

      Astralshy

      indeed ... this must have been quite some work and time.

      Somepony clearly have earned their cup of tea

    3. Splashee

      Splashee

      Good luck with all the work @Yotes That is certainly a lot of work ahead of you

  10. The most disheartening gamedev feeling is getting in the zone for about an hour straight then your app of choice crashes and you realize you haven't saved in a while.

    Open back up to see all that progress gone and you gotta start over, again... 

    (Story of my life I swear 😩)

  11. One of the main priorities of the game is making each pony character expressive and visually interesting. We want people to connect with them. 🐴💖 Each pony is meant to be someone's favorite for multiple reasons, gameplay related or otherwise.
  12. One of the main priorities of the game is making each pony character expressive and visually interesting. We want people to connect with them. 🐴💖 Each pony is meant to be someone's favorite for multiple reasons, gameplay related or otherwise.
  13. One of the main priorities of the game is making each pony character expressive and visually interesting. We want people to connect with them. 🐴💖
    Each pony is meant to be someone's favorite for multiple reasons, gameplay related or otherwise.

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    1. Rikifive

      Rikifive

      Awesome pixel art ❤️:lookup:

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    Wrapping up the weekend with progress on this guy 💀
    With 10 left to go, I should be done with ALL Pony Sprite Pieces by Thursday (for reference, just showing this dude's head at 3 different angles took 40 mins)

    How long it takes completely depends on how perfectionist you wanna be. I have to balance "It MUST be done by month's end!" and "These character designs & animations are arguably the most important aspect of the game, marketing wise."
    I need these ponies to look INCREDIBLE lined up next to the likes of Coromon, EvoCreo, Nexomon, Monster Sanctuary, Cassette Beasts, & TemTem. And unlike with those art, design, & animation teams, I'm just one guy.
  15. An exciting new Progress Report is here! March 2023 Progress Report (Ponies Under Construction 👷) Gearing up to animate some new ponies for you to catch and battle with! 🐎 Check it out on the YotesMark Patreon! patreon.com/YotesMark Sprites are under construction this month, so a lot more characters can be added to the playable Battle Gem Ponies roster come April and beyond! 👷 🚧 🏗️
  16. An exciting new Progress Report is here!

    March 2023 Progress Report (Ponies Under Construction 👷)

    Gearing up to animate some new ponies for you to catch and battle with! 🐎

    Check it out on the YotesMark Patreon!

    patreon.com/YotesMark

  17. An exciting new Progress Report is here! March 2023 Progress Report (Ponies Under Construction 👷) Gearing up to animate some new ponies for you to catch and battle with! 🐎 Check it out on the YotesMark Patreon! patreon.com/YotesMark Sprites are under construction this month, so a lot more characters can be added to the playable Battle Gem Ponies roster come April and beyond! 👷 🚧 🏗️
  18. Everyone who ordered Add-Ons from the BGP Kickstarter should've gotten some special stuff in the mail recently, or can at least expect it to show up before March 1st. (If not, double check your address listed on Kickstarter and let ol' Tony Yotes know if there's been a mixup.) It's been so nice to see the posts of people opening up their packages and we can't wait for the next wave with all the international ones and the PILE of T-Shirts to come! With this stage of order fulfillment complete we're also free to let the ol' Shopify site hibernate for a while. It's currently been burning fuel in the company wallet for a while, we'd basically need to sell at least 2 shirts a month to keep it sustained, but that's not been happening for at least a year now. So we're changing things up to a more sustainable model where folks who really want it can still get it, without any extra cost to the YotesMark studio! Our New RedBubble Shop is where you can get BGP merch from now on! (Which is nice because they handle all the orders, inventory, and shipping stuff so we don't have to pay up and reach out to different websites every time an order is placed. 😁) Just pop over there and see all the crazy stuff they've got with our ponies' faces on 'em. It's a greater variety of stuff than we could ever manage by ourselves! And you can expect a lot more where that came from once the other T-Shirt designs are done and the game is finally out there. In the meantime, thanks for making all this possible by following the development of Battle Gem Ponies!
  19. Everyone who ordered Add-Ons from the BGP Kickstarter should've gotten some special stuff in the mail recently, or can at least expect it to show up before March 1st. (If not, double check your address listed on Kickstarter and let ol' Tony Yotes know if there's been a mixup.) It's been so nice to see the posts of people opening up their packages and we can't wait for the next wave with all the international ones and the PILE of T-Shirts to come! With this stage of order fulfillment complete we're also free to let the ol' Shopify site hibernate for a while. It's currently been burning fuel in the company wallet for a while, we'd basically need to sell at least 2 shirts a month to keep it sustained, but that's not been happening for at least a year now. So we're changing things up to a more sustainable model where folks who really want it can still get it, without any extra cost to the YotesMark studio! Our New RedBubble Shop is where you can get BGP merch from now on! (Which is nice because they handle all the orders, inventory, and shipping stuff so we don't have to pay up and reach out to different websites every time an order is placed. 😁) Just pop over there and see all the crazy stuff they've got with our ponies' faces on 'em. It's a greater variety of stuff than we could ever manage by ourselves! And you can expect a lot more where that came from once the other T-Shirt designs are done and the game is finally out there. In the meantime, thanks for making all this possible by following the development of Battle Gem Ponies!
  20. 👴⚙️💬 NEW New Patch is Out!! [0.5.6] The hardly-tested new feature we added in the previous hotfix completely broke VS Mode Functionality with a Null Ref error that leaves the game in a locked up state with the wrong UI as soon as you get into battle. VS Matches Are in an Unplayable State No Longer! General Settings Page has been Added to Options Menu Text Speed Control Option is Functional
  21. 👴⚙️💬
    NEW New Patch is Out!! [0.5.6]

    The hardly-tested new feature we added in the previous hotfix completely broke VS Mode Functionality with a Null Ref error that leaves the game in a locked up state with the wrong UI as soon as you get into battle.

    • VS Matches Are in an Unplayable State No Longer!
    • General Settings Page has been Added to Options Menu
    • Text Speed Control Option is Functional
  22. 👴⚙️💬 NEW New Patch is Out!! [0.5.6] The hardly-tested new feature we added in the previous hotfix completely broke VS Mode Functionality with a Null Ref error that leaves the game in a locked up state with the wrong UI as soon as you get into battle. VS Matches Are in an Unplayable State No Longer! General Settings Page has been Added to Options Menu Text Speed Control Option is Functional
  23. Hey, All!

    If you'd like to see us at TrotCon 2023 (or have us invited to more conventions in general) you can do us a solid by filling one of these forms out and let the convention know:

    YotesMark (known for Battle Gem Ponies) would be a perfect fit for their video game themed pony party this year! 🎊 
    TrotCon Community Guest Suggestion Form

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    We made a big OOF and pushed out a build missing the extremely VITAL ability to swap out your newly caught ponies with the Gem Storage system in Town Hall!

    So we patched that up just now and you can download the fixed 0.5.5 build on Itch and GameJolt!

    As an added bonus, you'll also get the couple features we've added to the game since Saturday:

    • Mid-Battle Dialogs with the Boss in Town Hall
    • Extended Keyboard Control Functionality (B, M, and Space Keys now DO something!)
  25. You can PLAY the NEW February DEMO of Battle Gem Ponies Right NOW!! New #BattleGemPonies demo is up! Jam-Packed with improvements based on feedback from #magfest2023! Play It Here! https://yotesmark.itch.io/battle-gem-ponies… #monstertaming #brony #fakemon #mlp #ponymon #screenshotsaturday
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